Culture | Cold comfort farm
A prizewinning poet’s haunting debut novel
In “The Discomfort of Evening”, a Dutch farming family is struck by tragedy
The Discomfort of Evening. By Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. Translated by Michele Hutchison. Faber & Faber; 296 pages; £12.99. To be published in America by Graywolf Press in September; $16.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Cold comfort farm”
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